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67% of respondents selected "Bring in business to provide needed jobs that support your vision of the future"

Priest River Community Survey Results

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Prepared by

Tammi Laninga

Iris Mayes

Students in BIOP 520

September 2009

The University of Idaho Understanding the Bioregional Landscapes of Priest River/Bonner County Survey was administered over two days, September 25 and 26, 2009. The bulk of the surveys were collected on the second day, Saturday at the Priest River Oktoberfest.

There were seven questions that asked for a range of information regarding citizens’ values, opinions of threats to those values and what they would like to see done in the town and area. Additionally, they were asked where they work and shop, the geographic boundaries of their “home” territory, where and how long they have resided in the area and their age. We received 46 surveys with most respondents answering most of the questions.

Residence and Age

Of survey respondents, 86 percent answered that they lived in Priest River with an average of 25 years of residence. Seven respondents (17 percent) live in counties other than Bonner. The average age of survey respondents was 50 years old.

Value Priest River

Survey respondents were asked an open-ended question about what they value about Priest River. The majority of responses fell into two main categories: small-town community (77 percent) and natural resources/scenic beauty (48 percent). Other responses included access to recreation (7 percent) and one regarding opportunity for economic development of the area (2 percent). See Table 1.

Table 1. What Survey Respondents Value about Priest River

Category	Percent of Respondents
Small town/people	77%
Nature/beauty	48%
Access to recreation	7%
Other	2%

Value Bonner County

The questionnaire also asked what respondents value about Bonner County. The main three categories of questions were small-town community (48 percent), natural resources/scenic beauty (62 percent) and access to recreational opportunities (29 percent). See Table 2.

Table 2. What Survey Respondents Value about Bonner County

Category	Percent of Respondents
Small town/people	48%
Nature/beauty	62%
Access to recreation	29%
Other	10%

Threats to Valued Attributes and Resources

The question regarding threats was also an open-ended question. Most responses fell into three categories: development/overpopulation/loss of natural resources (59 percent), lack or loss of jobs/bad economy (39 percent), and difficulty of change facing the community (15 percent) see Table 3.

Table 3. Threats to Values

Category	Percent of Respondents
Loss of natural resources/development/overpopulation	59%
Difficulty of change	15%
Lack/loss of jobs/bad economy	39%
Social problems	7%
Other, eg. Wolves	2%

Top priorities for Bonner County

The fifth survey question asked respondents to mark their top five priorities for actions the Bonner County community must take in order to survive the next 20 years. The top five responses were:

67% of respondents selected "Bring in business to provide needed jobs that support your vision of the future"
54% of respondents selected "Increase education opportunities by forming partnerships with regional universities and colleges
46 % of respondents selected "Improve the recreational infrastructure"
43% of respondents selected "Develop a bike/walking path between Priest River and Old Town/Sand point (circle town)" (all but 3 did not circle)
Develop shops along the river, with a public park/monument and walkways

Table 4 summarizes all of the responses.

Table 4. Prioritized Actions for the Bonner County Community

Category	Percent of Respondents
Bring in business to provide needed jobs that support your vision of the future	67%
Increase education opportunities by forming partnerships with regional universities and colleges	54%
Improve the recreational infrastructure	47%
Develop a bike/walking path between Priest River and Old Town/Sand point (circle town)	43%
Develop shops along the river, with a public park/monument and walkways	39%
Encourage Alternative/Bio-fuels production for energy and heating	37%
Address housing needs for seniors and young families	30%
Build a multi-age/multi-purpose indoor/outdoor recreational facility	28%
Preserve your timber/logging heritage	26%
Preserve quality agricultural/timber lands from being converted to nonfarm uses	26%
Increase the tax base by encouraging manufacturing/tech businesses to relocate here	26%
Build a multi-age/multi-purpose community center	26%
More historic preservation, particularly outside of Priest River	13%
Increase the tax base by encouraging people to relocate here	4%

Locations for Working and Shopping

Four sub-questions asked respondents where they work and shop. The largest single group of survey respondents stated that they work in Priest River, however adding the other categories, half of those surveyed work outside Priest River. Seventeen percent of respondents are retired. See Table 5. Most respondents shop for their food in Priest River (68 percent), see Table 6. A large percentage of respondents, 64 percent, got to Sandpoint to shop for essential household items, however, most respondents said they prefer to shop at local stores (66 percent) over box stores (9 percent). Twenty-two percent of respondent said that it would depend on what they were shopping for or price as to whether they would prefer a local store.

Table 5. Work Locations

Category	Percent of Respondents
Priest River	44%
Other	22%
Retired	17%
Sandpoint	11%
Newport	11%
All of the Above	6%

Table 6. Food Shopping Locations

Category	Percent of Respondents
Priest River	68%
Sandpoint	35%
Newport	21%
Other	15%

Table 7. Shopping for Essential Household Items

Category	Percent of Respondents
Sandpoint	64%
Other	52%
Priest River	27%
Newport	3%

Respondent’s Home Region

The final question on the survey asked respondents to draw a line around an area that depicts their “home” region. These responses were digitized and are shown in Figure 1.

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